Tiny germs of cholera spread through the river Too small to see yet so dangerous. Flies carry the cholera yet on their feet. Unwashed hands spread it too. We swallowed the cholera germs on our water, on our food and on our fingers. Just one look and the nurse knew

So, here’s me with a 65cm tube down my nose draining my stomach fluids. Not awesome. Long story short, I got in a car crash, had stomach surgery, and now scar tissue in my abdomen means I have to pay attention to my bowels a lot more than the average

You know, we’ve been talking about a lot of serious stuff here lately. Heart failure. Respiratory gas exchange. People with holes in their stomachs. Nachos. Some might say I’ve even been flaunting my ability to eat, digest, and enjoy a plate of chips and melted cheese. And I wouldn’t blame

Oh hi! I hope you don’t mind that I’m eating. This is actually just my first course. For my birthday, the writers wrote me a script where I just get to eat! The whole time! And I can’t think of a better way to demonstrate the workings of the digestive

Hi, this is Emily, from MinuteEarth. Humans eat lots of weird stuff, but one thing we almost never eat is poop, either because we’re naturally grossed out by it, or because we’ve learned that poop contains nasty pathogens. But for lots of animals, feces is a regular part of the